Client Principal Architect, Cloud Digital; Manufacturing, Retail & Consumer Goods

Description

Presidio, Where Teamwork and Innovation Shape the Future
AtPresidio, we're at the forefront of a global technology revolution, transforming industries through cutting-edge digital solutions and next-generation AI. We empower businesses-and their customers-to achieve more through innovation, automation, and intelligent insights.

The Role:
Client Principal Architect

A Presidio Client Principal Architect, Manufacturing, Retail & Consumer Goods (vertical) leads presales discovery, analysis, architecture, design, proposals, and scope-of-work creation, translating customer requirements into outcome-focused solutions through direct client engagement with vertical accounts. Leveraging sharp business acumen alongside technical expertise, presales methodology, and strong relationships (clients, Presidio stakeholders, and vendor partners), the Principal Architect analyzes industry, customer, technical, and sales context to position solutions that deliver measurable, long-term value.

Who You Are:

A Consultative Mind: You have a natural curiosity to understand a client's business first, before ever discussing a technical solution.

Real Executive Presence: You know how to command a room, build consensus, and make complex ideas feel simple to C-level stakeholders.

An Orchestrator: You're a master at leading matrixed teams. You know your job is to be the quarterback for our specialists, not the hero who does it all.

Resilient and Gritty: You run towards the tough challenges and can navigate ambiguity without losing focus.

Inventing Tomorrow: You are committed to building a premier AI and Digital consultancy that blends design thinking, deep client partnership, and cutting-edge technology to deliver measurable business value.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive Digital Services Sales. In partnership with sales teams, formulate and execute a technical sales strategy to exceed revenue objectives through the adoption of Presidio Digital Services - application modernization, application development, software development lifecycle (SDLC), artificial intelligence (AI), and data estate and platform modernization.
• Understand Customer Current State. Proactively drive discovery and understanding of customer IT current state, goals, outcomes, and initiatives across Business, Technical, Operational, and Financial facets. Research industry trends and topics and develop discovery approaches. Develop and lead workshops to drive relevant discovery. Document customer current state to assist customer and sales teams target future state architectures and roadmaps.
• Technical Opportunity Leadership. Lead opportunities for relevant services to achieve technical win of Presidio services solutions. Identify customer stakeholders and their individual success criteria and needs. Create and lead technical solution approaches and next steps aligned to customer stakeholders. Align, vet and coordinate Presidio technical resources as needed. Engage C-level/SVP/VP/Director level at clients directly.
• Practice Delivery Engagement. Actively participate as a liaison between customers, sales and delivery resources to ensure customer success. Lead the collaboration with delivery engineering on driving quality and properly risk managed solutions and associated formal scopes of work.
• Solution Architecture, Design and Documentation. Analyze and assess client requirements and determine target services approach, solutions, and roadmaps. Create and deliver compelling technical proposals directly to clients, including relevant drawings, diagrams and analysis.
• Technical Excellence & Evangelism. Maintain a high level of technical excellence and evangelism across multiple relevant solution architecture and product areas. Lead the curation and delivery of relevant technical knowledge, presentations, and conversations at all client levels and customer related events. Actively participate in technical champion programs and communities. Attain certifications when appropriate. Learn, discuss and present new and emerging relevant topics to internal stakeholders and clients.
• Account Leadership. Actively participate in client account related activities that establish the Solution Architect as a trusted advisor internally and with customers, such as:
  Account planning, EBCs, social events, etc.
• Team Engagement and Enable Culture. Engage Presidio team members, actively participate in team activities, and contribute on collaboration tools to drive an open, positive, inclusive, resilient, change-orientated team culture. Be a steward of the PRESIDIO CORE VALUES
  -Excellence, Forward-Thinking, Accountability, One Presidio.
• Partner Relationships. Develop working relationships with vendor partner teams and peers, prioritizing the hyper-scaler cloud solutions and relevant ecosystems. Contribute to and drive execution of relevant partner vendor GTM strategies.
• Continuous Improvement & Innovation. Actively plan and execute growth and career development activities. Seek and collaborate on improvements to…